Republican Matt Van Epps will fill Tennessee’s open 7th District Congressional seat, in the last showdown election of 2025.

Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District special election will be held on Dec. 2. Here's what to know and how to keep up with results.

Voters are heading to the polls Tuesday in central Tennessee for 2025's final election showdown in a race that could be a referendum on President Trump.

Tennessee's 7th congressional district has become competitive after polling tightened between Republican Matt Van Epps and Democrat Aftyn Behn.

This number is an estimate and is based on several different factors, including information on the number of votes cast early as well as information provided to our vote reporters on Election Day from county election officials.

Matt Van Epps, who was backed by Trump, is projected to defeat Democrat Aftyn Behn in a congressional district the president won by 22 percentage points in 2024.

Chad Pergram's observations on Republican Matt Van Epps defeating Democrat Aftyn Behn in Tuesday's special election to represent Tennessee's 7th Congressional District.

Republican Matt Van Epps won a special election on Tuesday to represent Tennessee's 7th Congressional District.

All eyes are on Tennessee, where in theory it should not be a tight election, but what has nonetheless turned out to be much more competitive than expected and a potential bellwether with national implications.

Republican Matt Van Epps won the Tennessee 7th Congressional special election, but Aftyn Behn's overperformance has Democrats celebrating, too, and sets up an affordability focus in the 2026 midterms.

By night’s end, Enten’s gloomy scenario for Republicans had basically materialized. Van Epps held the deep-red seat, but his roughly nine-point win was a dramatic comedown from former Representative Mark Green’s 21-point margin.

Tennessee special election results spark debate over 2026 midterms as Republicans maintain House seat despite heavy Democratic spending and efforts.